Battlefield 2042 Update #1 patch notes: first update isn’t enough

Battlefield 2042Electronic Arts will officially launch the futuristic shooter on Thursday with its first patch. The patch contains a number of fixes for issues discovered during the game’s early-access period, which started Nov. 12. However, Battlefield 2042 patch 0.2.1 — or Update #1, as the patch notes call it — isn’t enough to address the primary issues the community or our reviewer has with the game.

To improve stability and reduce stuttering, the patch will add a small upgrade to servers. Allies’ names will now correctly display when looking at them. EA and developer DICE will rename the offensive “Little Green Man” skin to “Gator.” The rest of the patch consists of fixes for bugs, XP issues, or consistency problems.

What’s more important to know about this Battlefield 2042 patch is what’s not in it. While the update will address some rubber-banding issues, it won’t solve the lag or hit registration problems that players are seeing. There’s still no gamewide scoreboard for players to track their team’s progress. This patch doesn’t add voice chat. And there are no balance changes here for vehicles — which have been dominating matches — or weapons. The patch also doesn’t touch many of the connection or data persistence errors that players are experiencing.

It’s still early days for Battlefield 2042The game is set to launch publicly on Friday. But while a small bug fix patch is no doubt appreciated by the community, the game is filled with issues in its current state — issues that will need more than a single patch to fix.

EA and DICE both announced plans to release two patches more in the next thirty days. While the first patch contains more bugs fixes, it will also include concrete improvements for the game. The third patch will be “a larger and more substantial update,” the companies said.

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